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 Former Lab Members of the AG Leubner (Seed Biology Group Alumnis)

AG Leubner June 2006

The Seed Biology Group Leubner in Summer 2006. Photographer: Johannes Fehrle

Dr. Kerstin Müller, MA
Postdoc, ERA-NET PG project vSEED until Feb. 2010
PhD student January 2006 - July 2009

Email: kerstin.mueller@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: ++49-761-203-2669 (office AG Leubner)
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:
  • Seed germination
  • Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
  • NADH-Oxidases
  • Protein oxidation
  • Plant cell walls
  • Plant homones
  • Biomechanics of seed germination
  • Early stages of seed germination
Further information - My projects: Webpage "Kerstin Müller"
Kerstin Müller

Anita Rott
Diploma student until December 2009

Email:
Phone: ++49-761-203-2669 (office AG Leubner)
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests: The effects of seed after-ripening studied by expression analysis of alpha-amylase in wheat Rht mutants by qRT-PCR and seed germination of cress under temperature stress and upon treatment with plant hormones.

Further information - My projects: Webpage "Seed allelopathy"

   

Sonja Rentzsch
"Staatsexamen" student until April 2007
Research assistant

Email:
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:
  • Hormone mutants of cereal crops
  • Hydrolase gene expression during seed germination
  • Bud dormancy release of potato tubers
  • Allelopathic substances and seed interactions

Further information - My projects: Webpage "Seed allelopathy"
  Sonja Rentzsch

Dagmara Podzimska
Erasmus/Sokrates exchange student

Email:
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:
  • Hormone mutants of cereal crops
  • Hydrolase gene expression during seed germination
  • Bud dormancy release of potato tubers
  • Allelopathic substances and seed interactions

Further information - My projects: Webpage "Seed allelopathy"

Master student at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  Dagmara Podzimska

Tina Carstens
Diploma student

Email:
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests: Molecular biology of seed germination. Gene cloning and transgenic plant production.

Further information - My projects: Webpage ""
   

Meike Wenk
Diploma student

Email: meike.wenk@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: ++49-761-203-2669 (office AG Leubner)
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests: I like seed and seedling physiology, especially if it involves the effects of plant hormones and environmental factors. Taking microscopic pictures of small seeds is fascinating.

Further information - My projects: Webpage "Ada Linkies"

  Meike Wenk

Julia Winnewisser
Undergraduate student until December 2007

Email: valerie.labonte@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:

Further information - My projects: Webpage "Ada Linkies"
  Julia Winnewisser

Andrea Wünschová
Erasmus/Sokrates exchange student until September 2007

Email: andreaww@seznam.cz
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:

Further information - My projects: Webpage "Ada Linkies"

Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic
   

Uta Schuster-Scherpa
Diploma student until June 2007

Email:
Phone: ++49-761-203-2669 (office AG Leubner)
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:
  • Seed germination
  • Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
  • Plant homones
Further information - My projects: - My projects: Webpage "Kerstin Müller"
  Uta Schuster-Scherpa

Prof. Dr. Xiaofeng Wang
Senior visiting fellow

Guest scientist in 2006 (China Scholarship) from the College of Life Sciences,
South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Email: xfwang@scau.edu.cn
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:
  • Cell wall degradation in plant growth and development
  • Hydrolases like ß-1,4-mannanase and ß-1,3-glucanase and seed germination
  • Dessication tolerance and storage of recalcitrant tropical tree seeds
  • Varietal discrimination and genetic purity testing of crop seeds

Further information - South China Agricultural University:
http://xy.scau.edu.cn/swjsxy/cn/content.asp?NewsID=108&BigClass=

  Xiaofeng Wang

Madeleine Imbeck
"Maturarbeit" December 2004 to February 2005

Title of the work: "Pflanzliche Keimhemmungsmittel bei der Kartoffellagerung: Die Wirkung verschiedener Sprossungsinhibitoren auf die Aktivitäten hydrolytischer Enzyme in Kartoffelaugen".

This "Maturarbeit" about potato tuber sprouting was submitted to the "Schweizer Jugend forscht (sjf)" competition 2006. It reached the final round consisting of nine submitted research projects and was evaluated as excellent ("hervorragend"). The sjf competion is a national contest of projects each year that are conducted by young people in Switzerland, mostly highschool pupils.
 

Dr. Stefanie Tintelnot
Postdoc

Email: stefanie.tintelnot@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: ++49-761-203-2669 (office)
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests:
  • Plant physiology: Influence of environmental parameters on plant development from seeds to adult plants as a focus
  • Seed biology: Germination and seedling development
  • Plant hormones and light: Factors regulating seedling emergence and uniformity
  • Biotechnology: Applied aspects of seeds and seedlings, e.g. seed quality, enhancements, technology, priming, coating, pelleting, resistance towards seed-associated pathogens
Further information - My projects: Webpage "Stefanie Tintelnot"
  Stefanie Tintelnot

Dr. Birgit Kucera
Postdoc until August 2005

Email: birgit.kucera@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Scientific interests:
  • Plant physiology: Influence of environmental parameters (light, UV, stress) on plant development from seeds to adult plants as a focus
  • Seed biology: Germination and seedling development
  • Plant hormones and light: Factors regulating seedling emergence and uniformity
  • Biotechnology: Applied aspects of seeds and seedlings, e.g. seed quality, enhancements, technology, priming, coating, pelleting, resistance towards seed-associated pathogens
I am now working as a teacher for chemistry and biology.
 

Barbara Heß
Undergraduate student until August 2005

Email: barbara.hess@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Scientific interests: I like molecular techniques with DNA or RNA, especially PCR cloning, RT-PCR, and real-time PCR. Getting sequences with the right order of ATGC is great. I enjoyed very much working together with Kerstin. Now I am working in the biochemistry group of the university (AG Schroda).
 

Christoph Klüppel
Undergraduate student until August 2005


Scientific interests: I studied theology and biology and I am now a teacher. My last experiment in the lab was determining tobacco isotherm curves and I am very experienced in finding interesting literature.
 


Valerié Labonté
Undergraduate student until December 2006

Email: valerie.labonte@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: ++49-761-203-2808 (lab)

Research interests: Microbiology

  Valerie Labonte

Lab Members - Seed Biology Group Leubner in Summer 2006

Ag Leubner summer 2006

The Seed Biology Group Leubner in Summer 2006. Photographer: Johannes Fehrle

Lab Members - Seed Biology Group (AG Leubner) in Spring 2005




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